DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC — Director's Dealing 2015

Sep 1, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: DARDEN RESTAURANTS INC (DRI)
CIK: 0000940944
Period of Report: 2015-08-28

Reporting Person: ATKINS BETSY S (Director)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-08-28	Restricted Stock Units (FY15 Director Compensation)	$	A	325.0000	Acquired		Common Stock (325.0000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	409.0000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes FY15 and FY16 director compensation.

F2: The actual conversion rate is 1-for-1.

F3: The Reporting Person elected to take all of the quarterly cash retainer for serving as a director in the form of restricted stock units for which vested shares will be delivered to the Reporting Person on the first to occur of (i) the Reporting Person's termination of service as a director or (ii) 11/12/2019.